Our EBH Training Fellowship

The Evidence Based Hair Fellowship (EBHF) is an intensive, 20 month, online training program which seeks to equip participants with advanced diagnostic, treatment and problem solving skills in hair loss. The program runs in 2 year cycles. The current program runs from Jan 2024 to Aug 2025 and registration is now complete. We’ll accept applications again in August 2025.

The EBHF program was born out of an expressed need communicated by many health care practitioners to have an additional educational resource available to complement many of the currently available learning endeavors like participation in formal academic training programs, textbook and journal reading, attendance at training programs, research training – as well as the great learning that happens seeing patients!

The EBHF program was created to nurture and mentor budding hair specialists at many levels in their development.

Through discussions with medical educators, experienced specialists, medical trainees, physicians, hair transplant surgeons as well as non-medical hair professionals, the Donovan Hair Academy has created a training program that will help foster the progressive development of the world’s next generation of hair loss experts.

What does the Training Fellowship Involve?

This 500 hour training fellowship includes attendance at weekly meetings, and completion of assignments, quizzes and readings. For most participants, the weekly commitment to the program is approximately 6 hours, although one can dive in extremely deep and easily spend 10 hours or more in all the weekly activities that the EBHF offers.

This training program is certainly not for everyone – but is for those who wish to dive into this field with an intensity and rigour that will surely see them equipped with valuable skills to genuinely help a broad array of patients following completion of training. It does not take long to become a practitioner who sees hair patients.

It takes time to create an expert – and that’s our goal of this training program. 

Through repetition and constant reinforcement of material,  the EBHF will help practitioners learn new material, incorporate the new material with previously learned material, correct faulty thinking, and ultimately develop new problem solving strategies.

How is the EBHF Training Fellowship Organized?

The EBHF training program is organized into training “blocks.” There are assignments each week that are meant to challenge the participant to quickly recall information and think critically.

Quizzes are provided throughout the program to help participants self-assess their progress.  There is time each week set aside for question and answer sessions with Dr. Donovan. The hope is that these Question and Answer sessions provide practitioners with the opportunity to ask questions relating to lecture material and assignments …. but also specific situations they have seen during the week. We look forward to receiving your applications!  

EBHF OVERVIEW

BLOCK 1:

  • Introduction to Hair Loss (7 weeks)

BLOCK 2:

  • Androgenetic Alopecia (8 weeks)

BLOCK 3:

  • Hirsutism and Hypertrichosis (1 week)

BLOCK 4:

  • Telogen Effluvium and Chronic Telogen Effluivum (5 weeks)

BLOCK 5:

  • Alopecia Areata (6 weeks)

BLOCK 6:

  • Scarring Alopecia ( 8 weeks)

BLOCK 7:

  • The Red Scalp

  • Hair Shaft Disorders

  • Psychodermatology

BLOCK 8:

  • Traction Alopecia

  • Pressure Alopecia

  • Cancers of the Scalp

  • Endocrinology of the Hair Follicle

BLOCK 9:

  • Hair Loss in Key Groups

BLOCK 10:

  • Infectious Diseases

  • Oncology

  • Contact Dermatitis

BLOCK 11:

  • Nonmedical restoration

BLOCK 12

  • Non scalp Hair Loss

  • Scalp Dysesthesiass

  • Disorders of Pigmentation

  • Key Medications

BLOCK 13:

  • Refining the Skills of the Hair Expert

How do I learn more?

To learn more about the program, you may wish to watch the EBHF introductory video below, or click here to Download the EBHF Guide

How do I apply for the EBHF ? (deadline Dec 1, 2026 for next EBHF cycle)

  1. Watch the full course video (above) as the first step (takes approximately 1 hour)

  2. Email us a letter at info@donovanhairacademy.com introducing yourself with answers to the questions found on page 20 of the guide

  3. Send us your CV or resume

  4. When you email us your letter, let us know if you would like to attend Wednesday or Thursday (see page 9 of the guide)

PLEASE CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EBHF